According to Dmitry and his coach Genady Kapshai - the fight was very hard. Choplin was too ready and fit for the challenge.First round Shakuta dominated and won. Second and third (one of them was pretty much even) - “It can be said, Gregory was more active in one of them… So, after three rounds of fighting it would be hard for judges to choose the Champion”. - Dmitry and Genady explained.The forth and the fifth round were after Dmitry. “Seemed like Choplin was more phisically tired”, - Shakuta says. “And we saw Gregory’s coaches were pretty much upset and yelling at their fighter.” - Genady added.In the last round, almost 40 seconds, Dmitry was moving forwared with the hard punches attack and were getting his opponent, and Choplin, not to be more punished sharpenly got into clinch and made a small cut on Dmitry’s head with hits own.As a result of the 5 round bout Belarusian genious Dmitry Shakuta has defended his Champion’s Belt and World Title It’s Showtime 77 kg with the unanimous decision 5:0.The fight night took place in HUNGARY, Budapeast the 29th of August 2009.